I Want To See Jesus

In Phuket, Thailand, children gather to learn English on Saturdays. But when Sunday rolls around, they come back to learn about Jesus. The Kids’ Club, run by Operation 2nd Wave – MB Mission’s church-planting follow up to the tsunami disaster relief – is a place where Thai children come to learn bible stories and sing songs about Jesus in their own language.

One day at the end of Kids’ Club, Amanda Griffioen suggested that instead of praying for the children, they teach the children how to pray! They told the kids that everyone can talk to God because he’s here with us, and he can hear us when we pray. They began the prayer session by thanking God for different things. All of the children started praying together, and the volume just kept rising. Kids were thanking God for trees, for their mom, their dad, and all kinds of things! Next they moved on to praying for anyone who was sick. These children – none of whom are Christians yet – all lifted their voices up to God and started praying for sick friends and family members!

After Kids’ Club everyone went home, but the very next morning two little girls showed up at Rob and Judy Griffioen’s gate. Both of them were crying. One little girl, Sai, was sobbing uncontrollably. Judy asked what was wrong, and Sai’s friend replied, “Yesterday we were all talking to Jesus and since then we’ve been trying to find him again and we can’t! We just want to see him!” Sai spoke up and told Judy, “I just want to see Jesus!”

Judy talked with the girls and prayed that God would embrace them and that they would feel his presence. Praise the Lord that the children in Kids’ Club on are such an incredible journey towards knowing Christ. They are going through a process of discovering that he is a personal God. Pray that these children would grow up in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, become the future of Thailand, and bring the kingdom of God into a land of darkness.

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14